External Validity Means That

question 291

Multiple Choice

External validity means that:

• A)an experiment used reliable measures of the independent variable.
• B)a correlation was established between an independent and a dependent variable.
• C)an experiment has been verified by a group of scientists not associated with the study.
• D)the variables in an experiment have been defined in a normal,typical,or realistic way.

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Definitions:

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